Page 12. MAINE COASTAL NEWS March 2018 Commercial Fishing News M C F N Continued from Page 1. Chair. The Board reviewed a report from the
SNE WG, which assessed the applicability of the goals and objectives by which the SNE stock is managed. The report concluded that while some goals in Amendment 3 are still applicable, others are no longer germane given concern that the SNE stock may not rebuild to historic levels. As a result, the SNE WG concluded there may be a need to update the goals in the FMP to address current issues in the fi shery, such as climate change and the expansion of a multi-crus- tacean fi shery. In addition, the SNE WG concluded while it is valuable to have a set of overarching goals for the lobster fi shery, it may be appropriate to further refi ne the goals specifi c to the two biological stocks. Since changes to the goals and objectives will require an Amendment, the Board agreed to take such action in relation to other on-going Board activities. For more information, please contact
Megan Ware, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at
mware@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740. Motions Main Motion - Move to approve Issue 1 Option B, maintain current harvester report- ing eff ort and allocate reporting through an optimal approach. Motion by Mr. Keliher, seconded by Mr.
Gilmore. Motion to Amend - Move to amend to add “100% harvester reporting to be required through electronic reporting within 5 years.” Motion by Mr. Nowalsky, seconded by
Mr. White. Motion to Table - Move to table the main motion and the motion to amend until later within this meeting. Motion by Mr. Borden, seconded by Senator Langley. Move to approve Issue 2, Option C, ex- panded data elements regarding gear con- fi guration.
Motion by Mr. Grout, seconded by Mr.
Borden. Motion approved with no opposi- tion. Move to approve Issue 3, 10 minute squares, and LCMAs, and to allow states to maintain their within‐state statistical reporting areas. Motion by Mr. Borden, seconded by Mr. Grout. Motion passes by consensus. Move to implement the pilot tracking pro- gram within one year. Motion by Mr. Borden, seconded by Mr.
Keliher. Motion passes by consensus. Move to bring the tabled motions back to the Board. Motion by Mr. Abbott, seconded by
Senator Langley. Motion approved by con- sensus. Main Motion - Move to approve Issue 1 Option B, maintain current harvester report- ing eff ort and allocate reporting through an optimal approach. Motion by Mr. Keliher, seconded by Mr.
Gilmore. Motion to Amend - Move to amend to add “100% harvester reporting to be required through electronic reporting within 5 years.” Motion by Mr. Nowalsky, seconded by
Mr. White. Motion to Amend - Move to amend to add “or paper” following “electronic” in the amended motion. Motion by Mr. McKiernan, seconded
by Mr. Keliher. Motion carried unanimous- ly.
Main Motion as Amended - Move to ap- prove Issue 1 Option B, maintain current harvester reporting eff ort and allocate re- porting through an optimal approach. Motion by Mr. Keliher, seconded by Mr.
Gilmore. Motion to Amend - Move to amend to add “100% harvester reporting to be required through electronic or paper reporting within 5 years.” Motion by Mr. Nowalsky, seconded by
Mr. White. Motion passes by consensus. Main Motion as Amended - Move to ap- prove Issue 1 Option B, maintain current
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harvester reporting eff ort and allocate re- porting through an optimal approach. 100% harvester reporting to be required through electronic or paper reporting within 5 years. Motion to Amend - Move to amend to add “if a state waters commercial harvester landed less than 1000 lbs of lobster and Jonah crab in the previous year, that individual can submit a monthly summary of landings data, rather than trip‐level reports.” Motion by Mr. Grout, seconded by Mr.
Hasbrouck. Motion passes by consensus. Main Motion as Amended - Move to ap- prove Issue 1 Option B, maintain current harvester reporting eff ort and allocate re- porting through an optimal approach. 100% harvester reporting will be required through electronic or paper reporting within 5 years. If a state waters commercial harvester land- ed less than 1000 lbs of lobster and Jonah crab in the previous year, that individual can submit a monthly summary of landings data, rather than trip‐level reports. Motion approved 12-0-0-0.
Move to approve Addendum XXVI to the American Lobster FMP/Addendum II to the Jonah Crab FMP as modifi ed today. Motion by Mr. Grout, seconded by Mr.
Borden. Roll Call Vote: Motion passes, 11 in favor, 1 abstention (NMFS). Move to include the following TOR: Eval- uate the implications of habitat expansion or contraction on population productivity. Review evidence for stock boundaries and associated stock structure and confi rm the current stock units are appropriate. Motion by Mr. Keliher, seconded by Mr.
Cimino. Motion passes 11-1-0-0. Move to accept the Terms of Reference for the 2020 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment. Motion passes unanimously.
Move to elect Dan McKiernan at Vice‐Chair of the American Lobster Management Board.
Motion by Mr. Grout, seconded by Mr. Keliher.
ATLANTIC HERRING SECTION (February 6, 2018)
Meeting Summary The Atlantic Herring Section (Section)
met to review a Technical Committee (TC) report on the current spawning closure procedure. The report evaluated the cur- rent closure procedure in relation to the Section’s goal to both protect spawning herring and provide access to the quota. The TC report found the current GSI30 protocol, as established in Amendment 3, is a signifi cant improvement over the previous length-based protocol as spawning closures are now within days, rather than weeks, of the spawning season. In addition, given the annual variability in the length of the
spawning season, the report found the four week closure with the option for a two week re-closure eff ectively covers this variation. As a result, the Section decided not to make any changes to the spawning closure procedure this time. The Section did task the TC with developing a system to scale up samples of herring which fall below the required 100 fi sh but are above 90 fi sh, in order to more eff ectively collect biological information in the fi shery. Finally, the Section elected Pat Keliher
from Maine as Chair and David Pierce from Massachusetts as Vice-Chair. For more information, please contact
Megan Ware, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at
mware@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740. Motions
Move to elect Pat Keliher as Chair and
Dr. David Pierce as Vice‐Chair of the Atlan- tic Herring Section. Motion by Mr. White, seconded by Mr. Ballou. Motion passes unanimously.
WINTER FLOUNDER MANAGE- MENT
BOARd(FEBRUARY 6, 2018)
Meeting Summary The Winter Flounder Management
Board (Board) met on February 6, 2018 to review the 2017 stock assessments for the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) stocks, and to consider changes to the specifi cations for the 2018 fi shing year. Technical Committee (TC) Chair Paul
Nitschke presented results from the 2017 Operational Stocks Assessments for the GOM and SNE/MA stocks. The assessments found the GOM stock biomass is unknown and overfi shing is not occurring and the SNE/MA stock is overfi shed and overfi shing is not occurring. Primary sources of uncer- tainty include the catchability parameter in the GOM stock assessment and the appear- ance of cryptic biomass (biomass seen in the model but not seen in the surveys) in the SNE/MA stock. Next, the Board discussed specifi ca-
tions for the 2018 fi shing year. The biggest change occurred to the GOM state-waters sub-component, which decreased from 122mt to 67mt. The SNE/MA state water- sub- component slightly increased from 70mt to 73mt. The Board decided not to change the winter fl ounder specifi cations at this time, but did highlight the need for improved communication with the New England Fishery Management Council regarding mutual management goals. The Board tasked the TC to review a potential conservation equivalency proposal submit- ted by Rhode Island regarding aggregate commercial trip limits in the SNE/MA stock. Finally, the Board approved the 2017 FMP Review and state compliance reports
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